How to change your Mac's Computer Name

I just went and picked up my new Mac, which was kindly replaced by my insurance company after water damage. I used to have a MacBook Air, but after experiencing the lagging performance of the Air when ever I tried to use intense apps such as Lightroom etc... , I decided to get something with a little more grunt. Happy to say that the Air is actually more expensive than some of the other MacBooks, this is because of the portability factor with the Air. So, since the insurance company offered a replacement at a particular price,...

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UBUNTU 10.04 is out

Well you may have seen that Ubuntu 10.04 is out, with all its great features which the Ubuntu's site doesn't mention that well. This is something interesting, when you type in Ubuntu in google this is the first image that is presented... interesting. When ubuntu first came out, several years ago, a friend of mine came over to my place with a stack of CDs and gave me my fist copy, it was being handed out at our UNI. My first impressions...

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Port Forwarding with NetGear DGN2000

Port forwarding within the DGN2000 can a be two step process if you are looking to customise the rules. DGN2000 comes with a bunch of common ports and services, but if you are looking to stray from the common ports (which is sometimes the best thing to do) then follow these instructions: First create your own service.From the left hand side menu click Services, then click on Add Custom Service.Enter the Name, Type, Port Range (read the help section which is displayed on the right hand side for information on each field)Click Apply You can...

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Belkin Belkin, I thought your service was good but it turns out your product is shit!

This post is about the problems that I have been having with my Belkin Wireless N Router.  Last year I purchased a new wireless modem router combo, and decided to go with the the Belkin range purely because it looked good. It had been working perfectly for about 8 months, and then it suddenly started to drop the connection. At first the connection was being dropped occasionally, and I didn't really notice it until I started to review the...

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